Days of the Omer 496 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 4256

7 weeks from the second night of Pesach to the day before Shavuot ㊾

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 4256 began on and ended on .

Counting of the Omer (or Sefirat Ha’omer, Hebrew: ספירת העומר) is a verbal counting of each of the forty-nine days between the Jewish holidays of Passover and Shavuot. This mitzvah derives from the Torah commandment to count forty-nine days beginning from the day on which the Omer, a sacrifice containing an omer-measure of barley, was offered in the Temple in Jerusalem, up until the day before an offering of wheat was brought to the Temple on Shavuot. The Counting of the Omer begins on the second day of Passover (the 16th of Nisan) for Rabbinic Jews, and after the weekly Shabbat during Passover for Karaite Jews, and ends the day before the holiday of Shavuot, the ‘fiftieth day.’.

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Dates for Days of the Omer

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Dates
Days of the Omer 493 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4253
Days of the Omer 494 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4254
Days of the Omer 495 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4255
Days of the Omer 496 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4256
Days of the Omer 497 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4257
Days of the Omer 498 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4258
Days of the Omer 499 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4259
Days of the Omer 500 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4260
Days of the Omer 501 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4261
Days of the Omer 502 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4262
Days of the Omer 503 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4263

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
“Counting of the Omer” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)
Counting the Omer: A Kabbalistic Meditation Guide

Counting the Omer
by Min Kantrowitz

Sefer Yetzirah: The Book of Creation

Sefer Yetzirah
by Aryeh Kaplan

Toward Sinai: Omer poems

Toward Sinai
by Rachel Barenblat

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